Stake-holder.



G. E. PEDERSON.

STAKE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-7.19m.

1,285,372. Patented July 31, 1917.

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G. E. PEDERSON.

STAKE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7. l9l6.

Patented July 31, 1917.

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' GEORGE E. rnnnnson, or HAVANA, NORTH DAKOTA.

STAKE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed December 7, 1916. Serial No. 135,662.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. PEDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Havana, in the county of Sargent and State of, North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stake-Holders;

and I do declare the following to be a full,

to provide a simply constructed holder from which the stake will be automatically discharged upon the release of the locking bridle. v

A secondary object is to provide a device of simple and improved construction which will be very eflicient in operation and which will be inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objectsin view, the invention resides in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an end view of the body of a vehicle showing my improved stake holder applied thereto, the holder being in opera tive position; v

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts in inoperative position;

Figs. 3 and 4 are horizontal sections showing the parts of the device in their two positions;

Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are detail perspective views of the several parts composing this improved stake holder.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several views, 1 denotes a sill of a railway car, wagon or the like, the other parts of the vehicle being omitted for the sake of clearness, upon the opposite ends of which stakes 2 and 2 are designed to be disposed. The stake 2 is designed to be retained to the sill while the other is to be readily releasable to permit the logs or other materials carried on the car or wagon to be removed therefrom. Any preferred means may be employed for holding the stake 2 in position,,such as that shown which consists of a U-shaped strap 3 secured by its opposite ends to the sill, the base portion projecting beyond the end thereof and receiving the reduced end of the stake. The other stake 2 is to be held in position. by my improved In carrying out my invention, I secure a plate. 4 to the sill adjacent the end of which thestake 2 is to be secured, said plate carry-- ing the locking means for a bridle 5 which surrounds said stake. In the present instance, the bridle consists of a short section of chain which is secured at one end to the inner side of the sill 1 while its other end carries a latch 6 in the form of a plate. The plate carries on its inner face a tapered lug or stud 7 which is designed to be inserted in an opening 8 in said plate 4 when the stake 2 is to be locked inposition. To hold the latch 6 in engagement with the plate 4 a keeper 9 is provided, said keeper being pivoted intermediate of its ends to said plate 4.

This keeper is formed from a single metal bar having its intermediate portion transversely curved as shown at 10 while its ends are extended outwardly, one being adapted to engage the latch 6 while the other cooperates with the wedge-shaped head 11 of a loclnng bar 12. The intermediate portion of the keeper is disposed between vertically spaced cars 13 which project from the plate 4 and have alined apertures to receive a pivot bolt or pin 14, the latter being disposed in the curved'portion 10, thus pivotally mounting said keeper upon the plate 4.

The locking member 12 has one end bent upon itself as shown at 15 and then in wardly as at 16 to provide the wedge-shaped head 11, the outer portion 15 of which engages the end 9 of the keeper. The locking member 12 is slidable on the plate 4 within the U-shaped straps 17.

An operating bar 18 is pivoted as at 19 to the end of the locking bar in order to facilitate the movement of the latter, said bar 18 having a ring or other suitable handle 20 on its other end. In order to hold the wedgeshaped head of the locking bar 12 in operative position, the shoulder 21 formed on the operating bar 18 is disposed in con-tact with one side of a U-shaped guide 22 carried by said sill as shown in Fig. l. The shoulder 21 of the operating bar is positively held against disengagement from the member 22.

by a gravity catch 23 pivoted to said sill.

The operation of the above described parts, assuming that the stake 2 is in posi-.

on: its latch disposed in said opening 8.

lVith the parts in this position, the stake is manually held until the locking bar 12 is.

shifted laterally by means of the operating bar 18 until the head 11, is disposed beneath the end 9 of the keeper, thus forcing this.

end of the keeper away from the sill 1 and movingathe other end into contact with the latch 6. WVhen the locking bar 12 has been moved a sufdcient distance, the shoulder 21 will engage the side of the guide 22, the latch 6 being then positively held against movement until the operating bar is again shifted in the reverse direction. The dropping of the gravity catch 23 which engages with, the bar 181 more securely holds the parts against shifting.

When it is desired to discharge the logs or other articles held on the car or wagon, the stake 2 may be quickly released by disengaging the keeper from the latch 6. In order to accomplish this, the catch 23 is disengaged from the bar 18 and the latter lifted to allow the shoulder 21 to clear the guide 22, whereupon the locking bar may be moved longitudinally until its head 11 is moved from beneath the end of the keeper. The latter turns about itspivotso that it is disengaged from the latch 6, this part in turn being forced away from the sill Hey the weight of the articles. carried by the vehicle against the stake 2.

It is sometimes preferable to brace the upper ends of the stakes 2 and 2, and for this purpose I have illustrated a chain 24:, one end of which is permanently attached to the stake 2, while the other end is detachably connected with a suitable link 25 carried by the stake 2.. 7, Before discharging the articles carried by the car or wagon, the chain 24 is released from its link to allow the stake 2 to readily'fall away from the, sill when its retaining means are moved to inoperative position.

I claim:

1. A stake holder adaptedto be attached to a sill and comprising a latch member for engaging a stake, a keeper pivoted intermediate its ends, one end engaging said latch member, the other end being adapted to be spaced from said sill, and a locking bar adapted to slide on said sill, said bar having a wedge-shaped end to be disposed beneath inwardly into engagement with the main portion of the bar to provide a wedge-'1 shaped head to be forced beneath the last mentioned end of said. keeper to dispose the. V

other end thereof in contact. with said latch member.

3. The combination with a sill, of a stake holder secured thereto and comprising a plate having verticallyspaced ears projeot ing therefrom, said plate also having an aperture therein, a pivot p n connecting S2L1Cl ears, a keeper in the form of a bar having 7 its ends bent outwardly, saidkeeper being disposed between said plVOt pin and said .plate and between said ears, a bridle to be disposed around the stake, a latch plate sei.

cured to said bridle, a stud projecting from said latch plate and into said aperture, and

a locking bar slidable on said first-mew tioned plate, one end of said bar beingbent upon itself and then inwardlyto provide a wedge-shaped head, said head being adapted to be forced beneath one end of said keeper to dispose the'other end in engagement with said latch plate, and an operating rod connected with'saidlocking ban.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. i

V GEORGE E. PEDERSON;

ll itnessesz V, v H v C. E. CA'srLE, H. J. Prnrrrnn.

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